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POLITICSBREAKINGOct 2France: 400 schools closed as student protests continueDW News [en]
POLITICSOct 2Over 560 French high schools disrupted on FridayThe movement, which began last week in the Paris region before rapidly spreading nationwide, has seen teenage high school pupils block access to their establishments and clash with police.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSBREAKINGOct 2High school student protests spread across France as tensions escalateMore than 1,000 schools, nearly one in four nationwide, joined the protest on Thursday. Tensions have risen as the movement has spread, with confrontations between students and law enforcement at times turning violent.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSOct 2Did Trump order Maduro’s kidnapping based on Grok’s advice?The US president spent hours in the White House asking Musk’s AI chatbot questions, including how Venezuelans would react if the US captured Maduro, Time magazine reports.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 2Abia 2027: Show one project in Ohafia, I’ll quit guber race, ADC candidate tells OttiThe ADC candidate added that he was prepared to abandon his ambition if the station could identify even one project undertaken by Otti’s administration in the area. The post Abia 2027: Show one project in Ohafia, I’ll quit guber race, ADC candidate tells Otti appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
POLITICSBREAKINGOct 2France closes 400 high schools as teens protests escalateAlmost 400 high schools were closed across France on Friday over a week-long protest movement by pupils over inadequate conditions at schools including overheated classrooms and a lack of teachers. The protests have seen students clash with police with some 2,000 people arrested, with pupils also blocking access to schools. France 24’s Olivia Bizot reports from outside a high school near Paris where she says many protesters are also decrying what they says is the use of police violence.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 2Vivekananda Reddy murder case: ED seizes unaccounted cash, locker keys from YSRCP MP Avinash Reddy’s houseApart from unaccounted cash, incriminating documents and digital devices have also seized from the MP’s houses in Kadpa and Hyderabad, says EDThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 2"Strange bedfellows": Bernie Sanders, Florida Dems and a benchmark $250k donationMIAMI — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is sending the Florida Democratic Party $250,000. It's a relative pittance in the Sunshine State — but the check signals a big political shift.Why it matters: The state party's moderate leaders have resisted the rising tide of democratic socialists elevated by Sanders for years. But political changes and financial need have brought the two together like never before:The Florida Democratic Party is essentially broke after decades of being out of power, and national establishment Democratic organizations have so far refused to help.Angie Nixon, who joined the Axios
POLITICSOct 2Hong Kong to raise helpers’ monthly minimum wage to HK$5,220Hong Kong authorities have raised the minimum wage for foreign domestic helpers by more than 2 per cent to HK$5,220 (US$665) per month, while their food allowance will be unchanged, citing “more favourable” socioeconomic factors. The government announced on Friday that the current minimum wage of HK$5,100 for foreign domestic helpers, or FDHs, would be increased by 2.35 per cent, and the adjusted salary would apply to all such contracts signed on or after Saturday. While most employers provided...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 2Tamil Nadu CM Vijay launches Vettri Payanam scheme, expanding no-fare bus travel for womenCM Vijay kickstarted the scheme by issuing free tickets to women passengers at the Koyambedu bus terminusThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 2Israel's Balad Party Withdraws Leader Sami Abu Shehadeh from Knesset Race After Supreme Court WarningIsrael's Arab Balad party withdrew leader Sami Abu Shehadeh from the October 27 Knesset election after the Supreme Court indicated most judges backed his disqualification.headtopics · united states of america
POLITICSOct 2Trump announced a $54 billion energy investment from South Korea. South Korea said he jumped the gunA struggling project to export natural gas from Alaska has turned into another potential sticking point in the allies’ long-running negotiations over trade.headtopics · united states of america
POLITICSOct 2EU holds crisis meeting as US pressure mounts to release emergency oil stocksEU countries and the European Commission are holding talks on Friday that could pave the way for a new emergency oil reserves release, as pressure from Washington mounts. Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told Euronews a fresh emergency release is "a possibility".EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 2Tennessee Botches One Execution After Another, Despite Repeated WarningsThe failed attempt with Christa Pike has intensified bipartisan concerns about Tennessee’s ability to effectively carry out lethal injections.NYT US
POLITICSOct 2At 30, Zamfara has at last begun to fly, By Suleman Ahmad TuduZamfara State was carved out of the old Sokoto State by the then Military Head of State, late General Sani Abacha 30 years ago on 1 October, 1996 The post At 30, Zamfara has at last begun to fly, By Suleman Ahmad Tudu appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
POLITICSOct 2AIPAC Is Spending Millions to Elect Friends. It’s Also Making Enemies.The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has increasingly become a campaign issue unto itself. Some candidates have worn opposition from AIPAC as a badge of honor or made a point of rejecting the group’s support.NYT US
POLITICSOct 2The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politicsEvery week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.Politico
POLITICSOct 2Pro-democracy activists increasingly vulnerable to authoritarian governments in AsiaNPR News
POLITICSOct 2Hawley tests Trump’s hands-off approach to AIThe Missouri Republican is pushing Washington to act even as the prospects of legislation dim.Politico Tech
POLITICSOct 2The U.S. Senate is up for grabs. Can this Ohio Democrat win back working class votes?After 32 years in Congress, Ohio's Sherrod Brown lost his Senate seat in 2024 as many working class voters turned out for Trump. Now Brown is counting on union voters to send him back to Washington.NPR News
POLITICSOct 2Democrats regain ground on voter registration in key states after steep post-2024 dropsAn NBC News Decision Desk analysis of voter file data in seven states found that Democrats managed to reverse or slow their registration decline over the past year.NBC News
POLITICSOct 2South Korean president threatens action against Ukraine over statements on North Korean POWsSouth Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday threatened unspecified measures against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledged a confidentiality agreement that Seoul says covered the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers and issued an apology.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 2Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skinArtwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about pharaohs’ originsOn the eve of the Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to Cairo last month, the city authorities were busy removing a 66-metre-long mural from the esteemed guest’s line of sight.Depicting the Pharaoh Tutankhamun and Queen Nefertiti, the painting was among 40 murals commissioned to beautify the city for Xi’s arrival and was painted by a group of young volunteers, Rasmet Basma, in Tahrir Square. Continue reading...Guardian World
POLITICSOct 2‘Tinubu Must Stay’: President’s men fire back at Atiku, list GDP, NELFUND, CNG gainsBy Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Supporters of President Bola Tinubu under the aegis of Tinubu Must Stay TMS, have opposed calls by the opposition for the sack of the president in January’s election, listing Gross Domestic Product GDP growth, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund NELFUND and Compressed Natural Gas CNG conversions among the reasons he should […] The post ‘Tinubu Must Stay’: President’s men fire back at Atiku, list GDP, NELFUND, CNG gains appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
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